by ekfiscus | May 12, 2017 | Counters
In English we say, “three sheets of paper, four bottles of water, six cats/dogs/fish, ten books/binders”. Well, Japanese does the same thing! Counters are used to indicate what type of object the speaker is talking about. What counter should be used is...
by ekfiscus | May 12, 2017 | Verbs
How do you put on clothes in Japanese? It’s easy! Everything that you put on above the waist; shirts, dresses, jackets, uses the verb きる. For hats or things going on top of your head you use かぶる. When wearing glasses you use かける. For accessories like watches or...
by ekfiscus | May 12, 2017 | Verbs
Here is a helpful trick to remember how to transform Sailor Moon style all the different kinds of verbs into て form! The song lyrics list the different endings of verbs and how to conjugate each ending into て form. う、つ、る 〜って む、ぬ、ぶ 〜んで く 〜いて...
by Ray | May 11, 2017 | Verbs
う and る verbs can be sort of… pesky. But don’t give up hope yet! Japanese is fairly organized, and infrequently has exceptions like English does. But here’s the rundown: う verbs typically either end in an う-specific sound (like ゆ, ぐ, or ぶ) or with...
by Ray | May 11, 2017 | Plain Style, Verbs
~て form? Hoh yeah, buster. て form is one of the most useful forms of conjugation in Japanese due to its many uses: -describing how something currently is -making requests -asking if something is alright to do -to show something was completed But that’ll be in...
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